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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A New Verse Translation
de Merwin, W.S
- Usado
- Muy bueno
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Muy bueno/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0375414762
- ISBN 13
- 9780375414763
- Librería
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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Sobre este artículo
Knopf, 2002-10-15. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 6x0x8. A nice hardcover with a crisp dust jacket, a tight binding and an unmarked text. From a private smoke free collection. Shipping within 24 hours, tracking number and delivery Confirmation.
Sinopsis
A splendid new translation of the classic Arthurian tale of enchantment, adventure, and romance, presented alongside the original Middle English text.It is the height of Christmas and New Year's revelry when an enormous knight with brilliant green clothes and skin descends upon King Arthur's court. He presents a sinister challenge: he will endure a blow of the axe to his neck without offering any resistance, but whoever gives the blow must promise to take the same in exactly a year and a day's time. The young Sir Gawain quickly rises to the challenge, and the poem tells of the adventures he finds--an almost irresistible seduction, shockingly brutal hunts, and terrifyingly powerful villains--as he endeavors to fulfill his promise.Capturing the pace, impact, and richly alliterative language of the original text, W. S. Merwin has imparted a new immediacy to a spellbinding narrative, written centuries ago by a poet whose name is now unknown, lost to time. Of the Green Knight, Merwin notes in his foreword: "We seem to recognize him--his splendor, the awe that surrounds him, his menace and his grace--without being able to place him . . . We will never know who the Green Knight is except in our own response to him."From the Hardcover edition.
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- Librería
- Stock & Trade
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- Inventario del vendedor #
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- Título
- Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A New Verse Translation
- Autor
- Merwin, W.S
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Muy bueno
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Very Good
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0375414762
- ISBN 13
- 9780375414763
- Editorial
- Knopf
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 2002-10-15
- Tamaño
- 6x0x8
- X weight
- 15 oz
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Sobre Stock & Trade
Stock & Trade is owned and operated by Michael Lamb of Portland Oregon. After 25 years in the retail book trade. Mr. Lamb is consulting on the collection of rare, used and out print titles by facilitating the procurement of large quantity of books for the enjoyment and decoration of homes, private clubs, hotels and businesses. Stock & Trade also handles the liquidation of libraries from individual estates, businesses and private collections. All books sold are in stated condition and are 100 percent returnable.
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- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
